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US1395129A
US1395129A US353129A US35312920A US1395129A US 1395129 A US1395129 A US 1395129A US 353129 A US353129 A US 353129A US 35312920 A US35312920 A US 35312920A US 1395129 A US1395129 A US 1395129A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
    • B60J7/02—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of sliding type, e.g. comprising guide shoes
    • B60J7/04—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of sliding type, e.g. comprising guide shoes with rigid plate-like element or elements, e.g. open roofs with harmonica-type folding rigid panels
    • B60J7/041—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of sliding type, e.g. comprising guide shoes with rigid plate-like element or elements, e.g. open roofs with harmonica-type folding rigid panels for utility vehicles, e.g. with slidable and foldable rigid panels

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  • Patented ea. 25, 1921 Patented ea. 25, 1921.
  • This invention relates to improvements in tops or roofs and supports thereof for motor driven trucks and other vehicles and its leading object is to provide a one piece or rigid non-jointed top or roof construction mounted to slide horizontally upon uprights or standards so that the truck or vehicle can be loaded from a chute or by block and tackle or the like by shifting the roof or top horizontally on the truck or vehicle and the invention is embodied in a construetion which is adapted to prevent displacement of the top or roof on the guides or supports regardless of the position of the top or roof.
  • Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the top or roof shifted forwardly of itsnormal position, and showing the top or roof in its normal position in dotted lines.”
  • Fig. 2 is a rear end elevatiqn of the vehicle body showing the construction of the sliding connections between the ,top and roof and the uprights.
  • Fig.3 is a detail side elevationshowing one of the gravity stops for holding the top or roof against sliding.
  • FIG. 5 designates the body of a truck or vehicle of the motor driven type having front wheels 6 and rear wheels 7 and uprights 8 mounted againstthe sides of the body and extending a considerable distance thereabove to support the roof.
  • y invention provides a roof or top 9 of rigid construction to the undersides of" "which longitudinal members or runners 10 and 11 are fixed.
  • the members 10 and 11 are shown to be provided with dove tailed ribs 12 which are designed to engage corresponding grooves 13 formed 1n the upper'ends of the uprights 8 or in a member 14 detachably mounted upon the upper end of each of the'uprights or standards 8 by means of a socketed lower end 15 and a securingbolt .16.
  • the members 14 of the uprights 8 are provided with pins 17 which are engaged by gravity hooks or dogs 18 pivoted at 19 to the sides ofthe runners l0 and 11.
  • My improved vehicle top provides a rigid roof or covering for the body of a vehicle which. can be easily shifted to uncover the body of the vehicle without much effort and as easily returned to its normal position.
  • the construction is such as to not require any change 1n the design of the vehicle or the body thereof and requires only a slight 'modification of the upper ends of the supporting standards.
  • side curtains canbe'supported' sides, a roof slidably interlocked with said I guides to shift forwardly, a pincarried by one of said guides, a latch carried by said roof to engage said pin and a rod for releasing said latch for engagement with said pin, said roof being slidably forward to,u'ncover the .bed to permit of loading and discharging from above the vehicle. Signed at 159 EssexSt H01 oke, Mass. WILLIAM P. MoCOR INDALE.

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W. P. McCORKlNDALE.
VEHICLE TOP.
APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2|, 1920.
1,395,129, Patented Oct. 25, 1921.
|NVE NTLTR WM'PMEBDRKINIJALE WWW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM nmeconxmnnrn, or HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF To CHARLES A. LAWRENCE, or HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.
VEHICLE-Tor.
Specification of Letters latent.
Patented ea. 25, 1921.
Application filed January 21, 1920. Serial No. 353,129.
' INDALE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Vehicle-Tops, of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in tops or roofs and supports thereof for motor driven trucks and other vehicles and its leading object is to provide a one piece or rigid non-jointed top or roof construction mounted to slide horizontally upon uprights or standards so that the truck or vehicle can be loaded from a chute or by block and tackle or the like by shifting the roof or top horizontally on the truck or vehicle and the invention is embodied in a construetion which is adapted to prevent displacement of the top or roof on the guides or supports regardless of the position of the top or roof.
With the above and other objects inview this invention relates to certain new and useful constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, clearly described in the following specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: I i
Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the top or roof shifted forwardly of itsnormal position, and showing the top or roof in its normal position in dotted lines."' l 3 Fig. 2 is a rear end elevatiqn of the vehicle body showing the construction of the sliding connections between the ,top and roof and the uprights.
Fig.3 is a detail side elevationshowing one of the gravity stops for holding the top or roof against sliding.
Referring to the accompanying drawings 5 designates the body of a truck or vehicle of the motor driven type having front wheels 6 and rear wheels 7 and uprights 8 mounted againstthe sides of the body and extending a considerable distance thereabove to support the roof. In the ordinary covered truck or vehicle it is difficult to load the vehicle with heavy boxes or barrels or the like from the rear end and therequirements of general trucking compel operators to give reference to covered trucks or vehicles. y invention provides a roof or top 9 of rigid construction to the undersides of" "which longitudinal members or runners 10 and 11 are fixed. The members 10 and 11 are shown to be provided with dove tailed ribs 12 which are designed to engage corresponding grooves 13 formed 1n the upper'ends of the uprights 8 or in a member 14 detachably mounted upon the upper end of each of the'uprights or standards 8 by means of a socketed lower end 15 and a securingbolt .16.
The members 14 of the uprights 8 are provided with pins 17 which are engaged by gravity hooks or dogs 18 pivoted at 19 to the sides ofthe runners l0 and 11.
Whenit is'desired to shift the roof or top 9 longitudinally on the vehicle 5 so as to uncover the major portion or any part of the bed of the vehicle the dogs or retaining latches l8are disengaged with the pin 17 and the entire roof is bodily shifted horizontally on the upper ends of the uprights 8 or the members 14 as the case may be. The sliding interlocking connection between the runners 10 and 11 and the supporting uprights 8 prevents vertical displacement of the. roof ortop from said members while the dogs 18 prevent horizontal displacement.
My improved vehicle top provides a rigid roof or covering for the body of a vehicle which. can be easily shifted to uncover the body of the vehicle without much effort and as easily returned to its normal position. The construction is such as to not require any change 1n the design of the vehicle or the body thereof and requires only a slight 'modification of the upper ends of the supporting standards.
The usual side curtains canbe'supported' sides, a roof slidably interlocked with said I guides to shift forwardly, a pincarried by one of said guides, a latch carried by said roof to engage said pin and a rod for releasing said latch for engagement with said pin, said roof being slidably forward to,u'ncover the .bed to permit of loading and discharging from above the vehicle. Signed at 159 EssexSt H01 oke, Mass. WILLIAM P. MoCOR INDALE.
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Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2774624A (en) * 1953-06-30 1956-12-18 Happich G M B H Fa Geb Operating and latching mechanism for a vehicle sliding roof
US2912277A (en) * 1956-01-25 1959-11-10 Fruehauf Trailer Co Two-way movable roof mechanism
US3638993A (en) * 1969-12-12 1972-02-01 John R Sullivan Canopy for vehicles
US6692058B1 (en) * 2001-03-13 2004-02-17 Robert E. Micco Golf cart canopy for weather protection
US20130336751A1 (en) * 2012-06-19 2013-12-19 The Heil Co. Refuse Vehicle Shield And Bin Cover
US10005348B1 (en) * 2017-05-02 2018-06-26 Textron Innovations Inc. Vehicle canopy extension

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2774624A (en) * 1953-06-30 1956-12-18 Happich G M B H Fa Geb Operating and latching mechanism for a vehicle sliding roof
US2912277A (en) * 1956-01-25 1959-11-10 Fruehauf Trailer Co Two-way movable roof mechanism
US3638993A (en) * 1969-12-12 1972-02-01 John R Sullivan Canopy for vehicles
US6692058B1 (en) * 2001-03-13 2004-02-17 Robert E. Micco Golf cart canopy for weather protection
US20130336751A1 (en) * 2012-06-19 2013-12-19 The Heil Co. Refuse Vehicle Shield And Bin Cover
US9284118B2 (en) * 2012-06-19 2016-03-15 The Heil Co. Refuse vehicle shield and bin cover
US10005348B1 (en) * 2017-05-02 2018-06-26 Textron Innovations Inc. Vehicle canopy extension

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